According to Moscow, it has driven an American submarine out of Russian territorial waters. The US Navy, on the other hand, makes it clear: “We fly, sail and operate safely in international waters.”
The US has denied allegations by Russia that a US submarine entered Russian territorial waters in the Pacific. The Ministry of Defense in Moscow had stated that the Virginia-class submarine violated the Russian state border near the Kuril Islands on Saturday. The Russian News Agency interfax According to Moscow, Washington is accusing Washington of fueling growing tensions between Russia and the West in this way. The background is the fears that Russian troops could invade Ukraine.
Kyle Raines, a US Navy spokesman for the Indo-Pacific region, dismissed the allegations: “Russian claims that we are operating in their territorial waters are not true.” He will not comment on the exact location of US boats, “but we fly, sail and operate safely in international waters.”
According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the submarine was discovered in a region near the Russian island of Urup, where exercises by the Russian Navy are planned. Because the US crew ignored warnings, the Russian side used “appropriate means” to force the boat to turn back, it said. Supposedly the destroyer was there too Marshal Shaposhnikov in action. After that, the American military attaché was summoned to the Ministry of Defense in Moscow and a protest note was handed to him there.
It is normal for the United States to observe military maneuvers in other countries. However, trespassing on their territory is usually avoided in order to avoid provocation.